Research
Knowledge, Attitude and Associated Factors Among Primary School Teachers Regarding Refractive Error in School Children in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia
The objective of the study was to determine knowledge, attitude and associated factors among primary school teachers regarding refractive error in school children in Gondar city, Ethiopia.
A total of 565 participated in this study with a mean age of 42.05 ± 12.01 years, of which 55.9% had good knowledge and 57.2% had favorable attitude towards refractive error.
History of spectacle use [AOR = 2.13 (95% CI: 1.32, 3.43)], history of eye examination [AOR = 1.67 (95% CI: 1.19, 2.34)], training on eye health [AOR = 1.94 (95% CI; 1.09, 3.43)] and 11–20 years of experience [AOR = 2.53 (95% CI: 1.18, 5.43)] were positively associated with knowledge.
Whereas being male [AOR = 2.03 (95% CI: 1.37, 3.01)], older age [AOR = 3.05 (95% CI: 1.07, 8.72)], 31–40 years of experience [AOR = 0.23 (95% CI: 0.07, 0.72)], private school type [AOR = 1.76 (95% CI: 1.06, 2.93)] and 5th-8th teaching category [AOR = 1.54 (95% CI: 1.05, 2.24)] were associated with attitude.
The study concluded that knowledge and attitude of primary school teachers were low which needs training about the refractive error.